"Number is the ruler of forms and ideas and the cause of gods and demons." Pythagoras believed that everything that occurs in the universe can be explained through numbers and mathematic theory. Even the movement of the planets can be explained through math. "Musica universalis." It was believed that the planets moved in harmonic patterns.
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Greatest Contribution: The Pythagorean Theorem
"Number is the ruler of forms and ideas and the cause of gods and demons." Pythagoras believed that everything that occurs in the universe can be explained through numbers and mathematic theory. Even the movement of the planets can be explained through math. "Musica universalis." It was believed that the planets moved in harmonic patterns.